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Photography News Issue 27 absolutephoto.com
News
All change but no change in the Lakes Lakeland Photographic Holidays, based near Keswick, will be well known to readers of Photography News. There have been some changes to the business recently so we thought it was time to catch up with the owner John Gravett ARPS
Interview by Will Cheung
PN: Hi John, how are things going at LPH? JG: Things are great.We’ve just finished our 17th season and have been really busy. It is Gail’s last season there; she’s decided after 17 years to set up her own business. PN: You are probably aware of rumours circulating around that say LPH is closing down in the near future. Do any of the rumours have substance? JG: There were thoughts of selling LPH last year, and Gail moving on might have made people think that but LPH is not closing. I decided that I loved the job somuch that I couldn’t possibly leave the place. So I’m staying, LPH is continuing evenmore strongly, with a great new enthusiastic team for next year. PN: So, it sounds that the rumours are completely false that is great news. What are your plans for 2016 and is there anything you want to highlight to PN readers? JG: The 2016 season will start on 31 January 2016 with a new set of workshop options. For example, for the Landscape workshop, guests arrive on the Sunday with escorted walks on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Tuesday and Thursdays are unescorted, with guests usually going out as a group. Photo assessment will take place every evening. This has long been our standard workshop and the format is popular with our regulars, as giving a good balance of workshop v spare time.
Thenwe have the fully escorted five-night workshop, which starts on Sunday, with four fully escorted days and nightly photo assessments with guests checking out on Friday morning. We’re also planning walking/photography workshops and skills-based sessions like Black & White, and Photoshop workshops. PN: With the changes, will regular visitors experience any difference? JG: Nothing major, there’ll be a few new faces around and our excellent reputation for food will continue. My (hopefully) infectious enthusiasm for photography remains undaunted. PN: If anyone is interested in your events what should they do next? JG: Check our website soon as possible – there are discounts available for booking before the end of January 2016. Use the offer code of ‘LPH50’ for £50 discount and a reduced deposit of £100 instead of the usual £200. We also offer discounts to RPS distinction holders that bring work to show the group. PN: We knowyou also run overseas photographic trips. Will you be continuing with these? If so, what do you have coming up?
JG: For 2016, I’m planning four overseas workshops, with trips to India, Tuscany and Iceland (the latter in June when temperatures are pleasant!). In 2017, there’s a
USA western parks workshop coincidingwith a total eclipse of the sun in the Grand Tetons.
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Pinchbook range expands Innova has added an A3 landscape-format Pinchbook to its range of Photo Books. Offering a quickway to a great looking portfolio, all you do is fold back the covers to open the spine, insert the finished prints and return the covers to their original position. The cover is available in black only but there are finish options – cloth or leather, or whether you want a window or not. The A3 Pinchbooks are sold in packs of five: £80.73 for cloth with window, £80.22 cloth and no window, £90.15 leather without window and £90.65 with leather and window. If you want to buy individual books, look at the Innova website for retailers.
News in brief
Lytro latest Lytro Illum owners will be pleased to see that the Desktop software has been updated. The v5.0 update gives depth-editing features not possible with any other camera on the market. It’s free for Windows users. A new tool, Depth FX, allows selective changes based on the depth information captured in each Illum image. It is now possible to replace backgrounds as well as make depth- and region- based changes. Illum.lytro.com DxOupdate Seven new cameras are supported in Dx0 OpticsPro v10.5.2. Dx0 FilmPack v5.5.2 and ViewPoint v2.5.10 have also been updated. Mac and Windows is supported by these Dx0 softwares and they are available in-store or from the DxO shop website. OpticsPro v10.5.2 Elite edition costs £79 with £49 asked for the Essential edition. dxo.com
In stereo Victorian Gems is a great introductory package to the wonders of 3D photography but also comprises new items for those already smitten by the medium. Designed by Brian May and costing £95, Victorian Gems comprises three sets of remastered stereo photographic cards, a booklet to accompany the cards and an OWL, a dedicated viewer for all stereo cards. Among the three cards sets is a 12-scene pack of Scenes in Our Village by TR Williams. It is a stereo portrait of an Oxfordshire village and its farming community in the 1850s. The images have been restored to show the beauty of each scene and on the back of each is an exact facsimile of the verse on the originals.
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More Marumi sizes
Marumi DHG and Fit+Slim filters are nowavailable in awider range of sizes. Eighteen more sizes from 37mm up to 105mm have been added to the range. The Fit+Slim range, which come in a 5.4mm satin frame, now has circular polariser, lens protect and UV in 37mm, 40.5mm, 43mm and 46mm sizes. There is now a selection of filters in the 105mm fitting.
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